(Evelien Heijselaar)
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Accounts need a sitter
On March 16, 2005 the AMS Board of Directors cancelled the After-Hours Childcare (AHC) service that had been in operation since 1995. The service provided weekend and weeknight childcare. It was decided that the money collected from the AHC’s $1 opt-outable fee would go to either the Ban Righ Centre or Queen’s Day Care, but neither service ever received a cheque.
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Scary new trend is born
The U.S. teenage birth rate rose in 2006 for the first time in 15 years, Maclean’s magazine reported this week. The article asserts the increase in teenage pregnancies is part of a growing “trend” glamourizing being a young mom.
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Town-gown standoff
Another Christmas break has gone by, and with it, another spate of break-ins in and around the Ghetto. Most Queen’s students don’t seem to be the least bit taken aback by this state of affairs; it seems to be viewed more as a part of student life—along with missing street signs, unkempt streets and garbage and recycling services that are somewhat less than ideal. Apart from the ubiquitous police cars and one weekend a year—you can guess which one I’m referring to—the Ghetto seems to be ignored by Kingston police services and City Council.
